Large trees and brushwood were growing rankly among them.
I asked Tonoi how long it was since anyone had lived here.

"Me, tammaree (boy)--plenty kannaker (men) Martair," he replied.

"Now, only poor pehe kannaka (fishermen) left--me born here." Going down the valley, vegetation of every kind presented a different aspect from that of the high land.
Chief among the trees of the plain on this island is the "Ati," large and lofty, with a massive trunk, and broad, laurel-shaped leaves.

The wood is splendid.

In Tahiti, I was shown a narrow, polished plank fit to make a cabinet for a king.